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> [There are no young people who know how to debate, who know how to vote, and who know how to persuade people to vote. And you have seen this in Paraguay and they are reaping the harvest now of fifty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/there-are-no-young-people-who-know-how-to-debate-who-know-how-to-vote/)

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## More by John Gimlette

> [I was talking to my publisher in Britain and was told here we are - we are sixty million people and we reckon only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/i-was-talking-to-my-publisher-in-britain-and-was-told-here-we-are-we/)

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> [ In both places \[Paraguay and Newfoundland\] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/in-both-places-paraguay-and-newfoundland-people-rise-despite/)

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> [Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/lawrence-millman-is-a-favorite-writer-of-mine-he-did-a-travels-on-the/)

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> [American travel writing is very healthy. I'm always flicking through the reviews and I see plenty of travel writing - and an impressive line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/american-travel-writing-is-very-healthy-i-m-always-flicking-through/)

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> [What's fascinating is where they come from in the world. People in Bangladesh, a chap in a fire-base in Tikrit in Iraq. Chap in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/what-s-fascinating-is-where-they-come-from-in-the-world-people-in/)

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> [The United Nations was the thing I wanted to work for. Like the United Nations Commission for Refugees is what I was interested in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/the-united-nations-was-the-thing-i-wanted-to-work-for-like-the-united/)

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> [When McDonald's opened up in Moscow - I happened to be there when it opened and wandered in. And the Russians were queuing three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/when-mcdonald-s-opened-up-in-moscow-i-happened-to-be-there-when-it/)

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> [People my age and younger do think much more towards Europe. We have to fill the gap sometime - we can't think we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/people-my-age-and-younger-do-think-much-more-towards-europe-we-have/)

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> [I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite relieved to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/i-slightly-feel-having-written-paraguay-and-newfoundland-and-both-of/)

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> [ Paraguayans have no Italian blood and are half Guarani \[Indian\] blood. And the Chileans call themselves "the English of South America," which actually couldn't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/paraguayans-have-no-italian-blood-and-are-half-guarani-indian-blood/)

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> [I am sure you have met diplomats; they probably travel far less than you do. Okay, they get to know a place very intensely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/i-am-sure-you-have-met-diplomats-they-probably-travel-far-less-than/)

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> [Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/originally-i-wanted-to-be-a-diplomat-and-by-attrition-i-started/)

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> [ I wouldn't like to see Cuba change in other ways. And the trouble is when Fidel \[Castro\] does go - I am sure he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/i-wouldn-t-like-to-see-cuba-change-in-other-ways-and-the-trouble-is/)

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> [I don't therefore know how to write for the big papers. It must be kids - students - and retired people. And the reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/i-don-t-therefore-know-how-to-write-for-the-big-papers-it-must-be/)

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> [It is a gift, and you realize as soon as you cross the border into Paraguay, as I did, the first time in '82,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/it-is-a-gift-and-you-realize-as-soon-as-you-cross-the-border-into/)

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